File - In this Jan. 16, 2012 file photo a couple walks towards St. George Monastery in Judean desert. St. George is a 5th century Byzantine monastery built at the site of the cave where according to ...

Scientists have revived a mysterious, 1,000-year-old seed discovered in the Judean Desert — and the tree that has grown from it could belong to a lost lineage mentioned in the Bible, they say. It has ...

More than 2,000 years ago, the trade of Dead Sea bitumen and salt was thriving in the Levant. Delivering them from source to market required a long and potentially hazardous journey through the Judean ...

A huge 2200-year-old pyramidal structure with a way station beneath it – from the days of the Ptolemaic and Seleucid rulers— is now being unearthed in the Judean Desert, north of Nahal Zohar, by a ...

For 2,000 years, a heap of large stones standing on hills overlooking the Dead Sea remained almost untouched, a unique human-made mound in the serene landscape. As part of a multi-year, widespread ...

JERICHO, West Bank (AP) – Located between Jerusalem and Jericho, the Judean Desert provided an inspiration to thousands of hermits who lived here in the early Middle Ages. The arrival of electricity ...

Archaeologists in the Judean Desert have unearthed a “mysterious pyramid-shaped structure” dating back 2,200 years. The evacuation was a joint mission between the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) ...

Mark takes a Jeep tour down into the Judean Desert, the one-time floor of the prehistoric lake Gomorrah. Mt. Sedom, located in the former lake, is mountain of salt, and a prize of ancient fortune ...

A wooden box containing 15 silver coins that are said to be around 2,200 years old was found in a Judean Desert excavation in Israel. In addition to the coins, which date back to the reign of ...

Storm 'Byron’ continues to pound Israel with heavy rains, strong winds, and widespread flooding on the coast, in Greater Tel ...

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"Double dyeing achieved a sophisticated imitation that could easily pass for authentic royal purple ," Dr. Sukenik explains. "Madder and woad were widely available, far cheaper, and far easier to work ...